In recent years, the agricultural sector has turned to robotic automation to deal with the
growing demand for food. Harvesting fruits and vegetables is the most labor-intensive and …

Exoskeletons and orthoses are wearable mobile systems providing mechanical benefits to
users. Despite significant improvements in the last decades, the technology is not fully …

Self-oscillation can maintain own continuous motion by means of energy conversion from
constant external stimuli to mechanical work, making them highly suitable for being applied …

Self-excited oscillators are characterized by active energy harvesting from the stable
external environment, autonomy and portability, which allow them to act as engines to drive …

Realizing high-performance soft robots is challenging because many existing soft or
compliant actuators exhibit limitations like fabrication complexity, high power requirement …

Accurate trajectory tracking is a paramount objective when a mobile robot must perform
complicated tasks. In high-speed movements, time delays appear when reaching the …

Twisted string actuators (TSA) exhibit desirable traits for robotic applications like enabling
high-force actuation. It is important to understand TSAs' key performance metrics to allow for …

Computer experiments can emulate the physical systems, help computational investigations,
and yield analytic solutions. They have been widely employed with many engineering …

The oscillations of electrically actuated thermally-responsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE)
microfibers under cyclic electric actuation have been discovered in recent experiments …

Due to their high tendon-based (muscle-like) linear actuation, large force generation, and
good operational bandwidth, twisted string actuators (TSAs) are strongly suited to actuate …